Vizsla Silver (VZLA) Competitors

Vizsla Silver (NYSE:VZLA) and First Majestic Silver (NYSE:AG) are both small-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in VZLA or AG?

22.5% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 27.2% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by institutional investors. 7.9% of Vizsla Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of First Majestic Silver shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts prefer VZLA or AG?

Vizsla Silver presently has a consensus target price of $4.33, suggesting a potential upside of 144.82%. First Majestic Silver has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 37.36%. Given Vizsla Silver's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Vizsla Silver is more favorable than First Majestic Silver.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vizsla Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
First Majestic Silver	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VZLA or AG?

First Majestic Silver received 425 more outperform votes than Vizsla Silver when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.22% of users gave Vizsla Silver an outperform vote while only 61.78% of users gave First Majestic Silver an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vizsla Silver	Outperform Votes 13 72.22%	Underperform Votes 5 27.78%
First Majestic Silver	Outperform Votes 438 61.78%	Underperform Votes 271 38.22%

Which has more volatility & risk, VZLA or AG?

Vizsla Silver has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, First Majestic Silver has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, VZLA or AG?

Vizsla Silver has higher earnings, but lower revenue than First Majestic Silver. Vizsla Silver is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than First Majestic Silver, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vizsla Silver	N/A	N/A	-$11.81M	-$0.01	-177.00
First Majestic Silver	$527.97M	3.12	-$135.11M	-$0.27	-20.22

Does the media favor VZLA or AG?

In the previous week, Vizsla Silver had 15 more articles in the media than First Majestic Silver. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Vizsla Silver and 0 mentions for First Majestic Silver. Vizsla Silver's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat First Majestic Silver's score of 0.85 indicating that Vizsla Silver is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vizsla Silver	Positive
First Majestic Silver	Positive

Is VZLA or AG more profitable?

Vizsla Silver has a net margin of 0.00% compared to First Majestic Silver's net margin of -14.89%. First Majestic Silver's return on equity of -4.19% beat Vizsla Silver's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vizsla Silver	N/A	-5.81%	-5.73%
First Majestic Silver	-14.89%	-4.19%	-2.89%

Summary

Vizsla Silver beats First Majestic Silver on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.